Resource Type

Axle (open access)

Axle

Patent for an axle. Illustration included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Price, George T. & Knight, Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie. (open access)

Bale-Tie.

Patent for a new and improved bale-tie that eliminates the need for buckles. This design achieves this with a hook and a U-shaped piece of iron to be riveted to the band, thus fastening the bale without buckles.
Date: January 29, 1878
Creator: Lenard, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Intake Device. (open access)

Air Intake Device.

Patent for an air intake device for automobiles and other internal combustion engines. Provides novel and improved heated air supply for carburetors during cold weather. Adjustable to admit unheated air in various proportions according to the air temperature and weather.
Date: January 29, 1918
Creator: Hornburg, C.A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jail Cells. (open access)

Jail Cells.

Patent for new and improved jail cells. This design calls for cell walls constructed of vertical sections secured by through-bolts, tubular bars for the concealment of the through-bolts, wooden corner-posts and sill and head timbers, and outer and main walls lined with sheet-iron (with narrow windows lined with chilled cast-iron) (paras. 15-19).
Date: January 29, 1878
Creator: Thomas, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Still (open access)

Water Still

Patent for a water still. Illustration included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Nenninger, Oscar Alfred
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Brake (open access)

Vehicle Brake

Patent for a vehicle brake. This invention uses brake shoes. Illustration included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Ashinhurst, William K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties (open access)

Improvement in Bale-Ties

Patent for an improved bale-tie whose frame is provided with an end bar having wedge-shaped catch.
Date: January 29, 1878
Creator: Andrews, Thomas S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner

Patent for invention relates to improvements in hydrocarbon-burners of that class which are employed in apparatus for destroying vegetable growths, such as cactus-plants, for heating asphaltum, for concrete and surface drying, and for other purposes where great heat is required.
Date: February 21, 1900
Creator: Neuendorff, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Thill-Tug. (open access)

Thill-Tug.

Patent for a simple thill-tug that can be easily connected and disconnected, and is strong and durable. It does not use spring latches, and the device attaches to the harness.
Date: January 29, 1895
Creator: Carton, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Padlock (open access)

Padlock

Patent for Padlock.
Date: January 29, 1915
Creator: Ryon, Joshua E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Cracking Machine (open access)

Nut Cracking Machine

Patent for an industrial pecan cracking machine. Illustrations included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Gebhardt, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter. (open access)

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for an improved stalk cutter that can be connected with lister beams and thus, able to be connected to the lister to cut the stalks while plowing.
Date: January 29, 1918
Creator: Thompson, Roy De Witt
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen-Cabinet (open access)

Kitchen-Cabinet

Patent for improvement of kitchen cabinet including removable bins and sifters, including illustrations.
Date: January 29, 1901
Creator: Lake, Reuben R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Rectifier. (open access)

Mechanical Rectifier.

Patent for a mechanical rectifier for automobiles. This mechanical rectifier connects with the magneto or generator to turn alternating currents into to direct currents for charging a storage battery while operating the engine.
Date: January 29, 1918
Creator: Winterborne, Arthur William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telephone Call Box. (open access)

Telephone Call Box.

Patent for reduction of movements in an improved telephone call box with illustrations.
Date: January 29, 1884
Creator: Oram, John M.; Sutton, Henry M. & Garrett, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam Heated Evaporator. (open access)

Steam Heated Evaporator.

Patent for a new and improved steam-heated evaporator. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the receptacle, the chest inclosing the receptacle, the coil surrounding the chest, the vat containing the chest and coil, the pipe having branches communicating, respectively, with chest and coil, and cocks, for controlling the passage of steam to the chest and coil, and the pipe for condensing the vapor from the receptacle" (lines 60-68).
Date: January 29, 1884
Creator: Turner, Robert W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grapple (open access)

Grapple

Patent for a grapple. This invention is designed to engage a building block so as to prevent injury from accidental disengagement. Illustration included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Smith, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay Press (open access)

Hay Press

Patent for the hay press. The object of this invention is to provide a novel construction for operating the compressing head or plunger of a press, which structure is extremely simple in construction, durable and easy to operate. Illustrations of this invention are provided.
Date: January 29, 1918
Creator: Payne, Alvah
System: The Portal to Texas History
Float Valve (open access)

Float Valve

Patent for a float value. This invention is designed to automatically close. Illustration included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Axtell, Fred W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed Device for Gin-Saw Sharpeners (open access)

Feed Device for Gin-Saw Sharpeners

Patent for "a feeding device for the teeth which is independent of the filing devices, and which shall be so constructed that it will properly feed the teeth of saws of varying diameters, so as to give a regular and uniform size to each tooth without reference to the number of teeth in the saw" (lines 18-24).
Date: January 29, 1889
Creator: Behan, William & Friensehner, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scraper And Regulator (open access)

Scraper And Regulator

Patent for a scraper and regulator. This invention is for use with making bricks of ice-cream from different kinds of ice-cream into suitable molds, Illustration included,
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Young, Joseph H. & Young, George B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw Filing Machine (open access)

Saw Filing Machine

Patent for a saw filing machine. This invention is designed to allow the teeth of saws to be sharpened with a reciprocatory file. Illustration included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Tatum, Cicero J. & Dunn, Lemuel E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self Cooling Journal Box. (open access)

Self Cooling Journal Box.

Patent for a new and improved journal-box. This design consists "[i]n a self-cooling journal-box, the combination of the walls having top and bottom supporting the lubricating packing, and the housing forming water-chamber below and at the sides of the chamber formed by the walls and bottom, and [another] water-chamber above the top" (lines 66-72).
Date: January 29, 1889
Creator: Storey, Julius W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grip Hook For Log Loaders (open access)

Grip Hook For Log Loaders

Patent for a grip hook for log loaders. This inventions relates to grip hooks used for log gripping. Illustration included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Martin, Daniel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History